A nurse is discharging a client after a total hip replacement. What statement by the client indicates good potential for self-management?
a. "I can bend down to pick something up."
b. "I no longer need to do my exercises."
c. "I will not sit with my legs crossed."
d. "I won't wash my incision to keep it dry."
ANS: C
There are many precautions clients need to take after hip replacement surgery, including not bending more than 90 degrees at the hips, continuing prescribed exercises, not crossing the legs, and washing the incision daily and patting it dry.
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